(Advertisement feature) KENWOOD’s Multi-Protocol NX-3000 Series DMR line-up offers users the ultimate voice and data radio communications as their needs change over time

It’s been a while in the making, but with the recent introduction of the NX-3000 Series, Kenwood have brought the key benefits of the multi-protocol, high-tier NX-5000 Series to the wider enterprise critical audience in a game-changing new generation of multi-protocol radios that effectively leap-frog everything else.

With the new NX-3000 Series users can choose to operate in either DMR or NXDN® plus FM analogue and offers built-in GPS, Bluetooth, renowned KENWOOD audio quality with built-in DSP based Active Noise Reduction (ANR) and advanced AES, DES and ARC4 optional encryption.

NX-3000 Series portablesThe NX-3000 Series is available for both UHF and VHF operation with the portable radios offered in three requirements: Full Keypad, Standard Keypad and Simple.

NX-3000 Series mobileMobile users haven’t been neglected either with four configurations available:

Base model

Base model with GPS and Bluetooth

High-power model

High-power with GPS and Bluetooth.

Mike Atkins, Director, JVCKENWOOD UK commented: “The NX-5000 Series certainly proved the market appetite for our multiprotocol concept and has already been successfully employed in numerous mission critical applications around the world. The ability for mixed digital DMR or NEXEDGE® NXDN plus FM Analogue support gives users migrating from Analogue to Digital the opportunity to make the change at their own pace, while the choice between DMR or NXDN, including NEXEDGE® Generation 2 operation, provides the reassurance that they can switch between the two should their needs change over time without the additional disruption and costs previously associated with switching to and from TDMA to FDMA digital air interfaces.

“The NX-3000 Series is far from being a lower specification version of the NX-5000. It has been designed from the ground-up with extensive input from users and resellers to incorporate the most important user features along with a wealth of standard features and functionality previously only found in high-tier radios.

“The R&D team have really burnt the midnight oil in delivering the NX-3000 Series which not only completes but extends our current DMR line-up.”

Feature-rich valueStandard features of the NX-3000 Series include:

Dual technology, multi protocol choices

Integrated GPS

Bluetooth audio and data

Text messaging

Over-the-Air Programming (OTAP) and Over-the-Air Alias (OAA)

Active Noise Reduction (ANR)

Auto audio recording

Multi-line full dot-matrix LCD with white backlighting

56-bit DES encryption

Remote and Lone Worker safety features

Atkins continues: “It’s fair to say that our commitment to a technology and protocol neutral strategy and offering solutions across both analogue and digital technologies, different formats and the various air interfaces including PMR 446, dPMR 446, dPMR, DMR and P25 has meant that we’re not always first to market. However, the upside is that we get the opportunity to observe market dynamics and technology developments to introduce products which meet user needs at the right price points.

“The continued development of NEXEDGE® including Gen 2 has seen growth to over 1.75 million devices in operation while the introduction of our license-exempt ProTalk FD DECT series has created significant sales from customers in new sectors.

“But the future as we all know, is not just about equipment but the enabling of radio systems to meet the most specific safety, security and operational requirements of an increasingly sophisticated customer. The launch of our KAS-20 software suite is a good example of responding to those requirements”.

KAS-20: KENWOOD’s most advanced multi-protocol AVL and dispatch software suiteKENWOOD’s new KAS-20 Suite is compatible with KENWOOD DMR and NEXEDGE® NXDN digital radio systems and runs on both Windows PC and Windows Server platforms.

Depending on user type, it either provides a cost-effective and complete single PC standalone AVL and dispatch system, a server based multi-client suite with remote server accepting up to 8 RF systems and 10 clients.

KAS-20 basic features

Simple, user-friendly GUI

Flexible and scalable

Multi-role dispatching

IP Voice dispatch console

AVL, fleet monitoring and mapping

Call log and Event sharing

Voice recording/playback

Supports multiple IP interfaces

Map with editable unit icons, groups and imported layers

Server managed user levels, configurations, and permissions

Manual/auto asset list creation

Location management for up to 1,000 subscriber units

Compatible with OpenStreetMap, scanned maps and Google Maps

Image layers can be individually switched on/off

Auto & manual polling

Position Log & Play

Soft vocoder: Capable of simultaneous processing of up to 8 paths

3 configurable software patch group

Configurable Call Box window

Voice recording and playback

The KENWOOD Digital Partners NetworkIn support of all the developments from KENWOOD over the past year, their UK company has also announced the establishment of their Digital Partners Network which will initially comprise of resellers with specific training and expertise but could in the future include application developers and systems integrators.

As Mike Atkins concludes: “The past two years have been an incredibly dynamic period for us and I feel that establishing the Digital Partners Network provides the glue to take our initiatives successfully to market.

The key driver in establishing the network is to restore both choice and profitability in a mature and competitive market where manufacturer pricing strategies have left resellers short on both. We also wanted to make sure that we are able to serve our customers better through a hand-picked network of partners that can offer the ideal combination of sales, technical and support services for their systems. If there are any reputable dealers interested in joining the network, we’d be interested in hearing from them”.

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